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change of heart
on the back seat a single
rose
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: change
.
change of heart
on the back seat a single
rose
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: change
.
spring tides
the clay at the centre
of my being
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: arts and crafts
.
lazy Sunday
a choir boy misses
the bus
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: Sunday
.
fortune telling –
I study the flight patterns
of doves
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: luck
.
in my neighbors’ yard-
a blue tit pecks
his wisteria buds
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: hidden
.
Ides of March-
I cross the road
halfway
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: Ides of March
.
Cassiopeia –
in her laughing mouth
sparkle of a star
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: star
.
Fukushima moon
wave after wave
of prayers
.
.
your gentle glow
outshines this solar storm –
full moon
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: moon
.
layers –
hidden behind her claws
angel wings
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: two sides
.
spring poppies –
not knowing who closed
her eyes
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: death of someone…
.
talking doll –
all those empty
endearments
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: doll
.
old paths
still the sound of crunching snow
underfoot
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: old
.
leap year
the rooster’s extra shrill
crow
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: leap year
.
snow at night –
the magic of a child’s
owl dream
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt
.
spring dawn
a fox zips past
the gate
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: zip
.
homework –
drawing a big sun in bright
yellow
NaHaiWriMo prompt: yellow
.
shooting stars…
the fizz of champagne
on my tongue
.
2nd place in the Free Format theme, Shiki Kukai February 2012
.
.
.
stifling heat –
the judge‘s wig
drips
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: wig
.
lovebirds –
coming through their vent
scent of jasmine rice
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: vent
NaHaiWriMo prompt: #21 umbrella
.
silk umbrella
how this butterfly hovers
over your head
..
NaHaiWriMo prompt: #20 talus
.
gravity
a landslide settles into a scree
on her jowls
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt #19 sandals
.
hung out to dry
on the clothesline
Hermes’ winged sandals
.
skipping stones –
a walnut rattles
downhill
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: rattle
.
food queue biting its tail around the block
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: queue
.
near the stage
the illusion fades –
moth moon
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: opera
.
wearing white
at the moon party –
moonflower
.
Haiku Bandit Society, Moon Viewing Party, February 2012: My haiku got a Dottie Dot Award! Thank you, Dottie!
.
almond blossom
my neighbor pounding cloth
all night
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: laundry
.
ice house
storing her gall
for all seasons
.
NaHaiWriMo prompt: ice